Rediscover your recordings with the most accurate and musical Digital to Analogue converter created to date.
Atlantis DAC is a 2-box product, designed in a Dual Mono configuration with fully complementary design. It incorporates all the latest core technologies from Wadax Labs, including the musIC 2 chip. Its construction is extremely complex and it composed of more than 4,000 parts.

• Proprietary MusIC 2 feed-forward correction of non-linearities in the decoding process.

The brain of Atlantis DAC is the musIC chip. The approach is unique in the industry and brings closer to the music than ever before.

The musIC 2 chip improves the already outstanding results of the first generation musIC chip. The musIC process is an extremely sophisticated mathematical process based on a feed forward concept.

The brain of Atlantis DAC is the musIC chip. The approach is unique in the industry and brings closer to the music than ever before.

The musIC 2 chip improves the already outstanding results of the first generation musIC chip. The musIC process is an extremely sophisticated mathematical process based on a feed forward concept. The behavioral model of the signal path is stored in a local memory, and the musIC chip can forecast, before sending the audio data through the system, analogue output in real time and determine the error and nonlinearities. The audio stream is modified slightly before it is sent to the DACs, so these small changes added compensate with nonlinearities and errors.

Besides, newly developed algorithms make Atlantis quicker, quieter and even more natural sounding than the original musIC process.

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NEW CLOCK

A custom clock newly developed exceeds the already outstanding specs of the previous Zepto clock and ensures an ultimate performance.

Clocking is critical in a D/A converter. The Zepto 2 clocking technology is based around a proprietary OCXO improved in short term stability and other key factors, but most importantly, clock routing across the clock-sensitive elements. This involved a full circuit redesign so track lengths to all critical parts are tightly controlled. Total jitter is now 12 femptoseconds from 1-100 KHz, the lowest figure in the industry.

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NATIVE SACD AND NATIVE PCM PLAYBACK

Atlantis Transport reads the native content of the disc being played and delivers an unaltered bit-accurate audio stream. Regardless of the media type used.

In the case of SACD, to enjoy the pure, bit-perfect, native DSD stream of an SACD, an Atlantis DAC is required. For this, a custom Wadax Link connection is required (dual Ethernet cable) and the encrypted DSD stream is sent through it.

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Output Stage and analog circuitry

The finest analog circuitry is crucial to reach the highest outcome.

To deliver optimum results, musIC 2 feedforward technology starts with the best possible analog circuitry. Its discrete output stage and I/V conversion circuitry are composed of 400 parts, many of them build to custom specs. The result is an unmatched capability to drive all possible loads. All analog circuitry is fully balanced.

Atlantis DAC is built around a modular construction. Based on the system setup, there are dierent input boards to accommodate different equipment combinations. MQA is probably one of the most exciting new technologies that arrived in High-End audio. Atlantis DAC is an MQA certified product. Best results are attained when mated with the Atlantis Server.

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FULLY Upgradeable

The Atlantis DAC can be remotely upgraded over time via internet connection.

Atlantis DAC is designed as a totally modular product. From power supply to the main DAC circuitry, all key functions are housed in modules. This ensures total upgradeability over time. Furthermore, its advanced digital control software can be updated remotely, without user intervention. For this, the unit must be connected to any router port that has internet output.

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Chassis design

The sophisticated design of the Atlantis DAC chassis is a key element to deliver the best performance.

In an extreme performance DAC, the chassis plays a very important role. Clocks are especially sensitive to vibrations, as are other key components in the unit. The correct chassis design prevents blurring from acoustical feedback and the own vibratory behavior of some parts.

Atlantis DAC chassis has been designed following advanced finite element analysis (FEA) to control vibration energy transfer, away from the sensitive areas of the unit and towards the built-in vibration coupling elements. Its alloy is a specific combination of different alloys so mechanical impedance is correctly layered.

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SOPHISTICATED psu

The most elaborate power supply ever designed for a DAC ensures an excellent musical performance.

The Power Supply of Atlantis DAC is largely responsible for its unique musical skills. Extremely advanced and complex, it is housed in an external chassis that is the same size as the main DAC unit. It is built following a symmetric dual-mono design, with two custom umbilical cords that provide power supply to the DAC unit. The heart of the design is a unique topology based on 3 custom transformers, wound around a custom formulated core and would following a specific technique to optimize noise rejection from the mains. The power supply is composed of more than 500 parts.

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UNIVERSAL AND CLOUD CONNECTED

Atlantis DAC can also be connected to digital equipments from other brands. Every Atlantis user has access to a personalised Wadax space in the cloud.

Atlantis DAC can be natively connected to Atlantis Server and Atlantis Transport to reach the best possible performance, in a native synchronouse topology, or can be connected to any other digital equipment of any other brand. Interoperating with Atlantis Transport, Atlantis Server and compatible with Trio Phono.

Every user can access a tailor-made private space in the Wadax Cloud where technical support and a communication channel with the company can be found.